Actual Problems of Modern Primary Education
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primary school, education, curriculum, lesson, mathematics, language, problems, teacher, subjectAbstract
Primary education is very important in the life of every child, it is at this age that children learn basic subjects, which is the basis for further education. Thus, the quality of primary education is a prerequisite for quality education in the future. From this perspective, it is interesting to look at the content of education in primary schools in countries with different education systems and to identify current problems in primary schools.
This article discusses the features of the educational process in primary schools in Uzbekistan, Russia, Europe, USA, China, differences in the organization of the educational process; comparison of the load in the study of different subjects (mathematics, mother tongue), the general composition of the curriculum in primary school in different countries; an overview of the current problems of primary education in some countries is made.
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